What would be the ideal aquarium setup for Neon Tetras?

Question

I would like to know what kinds of plants, aquairum temperature, and PH would be best suited for Tetra's. I have a fish-less aquarium (just gave away all my catfish) and would like to set it up with plants & a healthy environment for Tetras instead of catfish (anything goes and no plants).

Answer 1

My opinion... 20 gallon long style aquarium with moderate to strong lighting a black background and a dark substrate. Add to it the neons of course and a few dwarf cory catfish. A nice piece of driftwood would be a great decoration. I would use mostly fine leafed plants like Cabomba, java moss and Utricularia. A dwarf sword or small anubias sp. would make a great centerpiece plant. Short grasses like Eleocharis would be at home in the tank as well. With this many plants some substrate fertilizer and CO2 injection would be almost a must, but worth it. Temperature of about 75 F would work well for the fish and the plants.

As for the water, mix your tap with RO water or distilled to get the hardness to about 2-3 d GH and adjust the pH to about 5.5-5.8. Peat moss in the filter will help keep it there. Of course, it can be harder ( up to about 10 d GH and the pH can be higher ( up to about 7.0) if you don't intend to breed them, but if you are going to have a nice looking species tank (or nearly so, then why not breed them. In a tank like this with a slow water flow and good quality food the neons can breed and some fry will almost certainly survive. A fish club friend of mine did it totally by accident lol.

MM

Answer 2

Neon Tetra's (tetra meaning 3) have a need to be in groups of 3's as suggested by the name. They can grow up to 1 1/2 inches and do best in an aquarium that is kept as natural as possible. They originated in South America where the water is typically 68-75 degrees (no more), the PH should be between 5.0 and 7.0. The aquarium should contain tall plants, rocks and preferably some wood for them to hide in. Due to the fact that they do best in groups of 3, 6, 9, etc. you need to provide them with enough room to swim (about a 20 gallon tank or so), but it does depend on the number you buy. A basic rule of thumb is 1 inch per gallon, so if you buy 6 neon tetra, your aquarium should be a ten-gallon or more. They do not require a lot of light, so don't leave the light on to long. I hope I have helped you out. Good luck with your fish.

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Answer 3

Size: Up to 1.5" (4cm)
tank: 20 inches
Strata: Bottom, middle
PH: 5.5 to 7.5
Hardness: Soft to medium. dH range: 1.0 - 25
Temperature: 68ºF to 78ºF (20-25°C)

Good luck with them. Make sure you have at least 6. THe more the merrier for those guys. Try to buy larger ones as neons are very fragile because they have been overbred. The older the tetra, the better chance they have of surviving.

May I also suggest glowlight tetras? They are the same size and shape as the neons, but orange and not so overbred. They are a lot heartier and can happily live with the neons (if there is 6 or more)

Answer 4

Tetras prefer higher temperatures in the low-mid 80's.(they will be fine in upper 70's though) The best Ph is soft acidic water with a Ph of 6-6.5. This Ph can be achieved with driftwood and/or peat.(article on my website about altering Ph, see below) Provide lots of hiding with some small caves and lots and lots of plants, real or fake are both good. Make sure you keep them in groups of 6 or more of each species of tetra.

Good luck!

Answer 5

I typed a stunning long respond and then my telephone crashed... Arg. Cardinal tetras are no longer your classic tetra. they are like neon tetras, yet their crimson stripe runs the dimensions of their physique extremely than a million/2 way. you may get some greater beneficial tetras. Google those and spot in case you like them. Serpae or long fin Serpae tetras (crimson minor tetra, long fin crimson minor tetra) black skirt tetra, white cloud tetra. you may additionally look into different stay bearers in case you do no longer p.c. guppies. you may get mollies or platys, the two would be very colourful. some stunning colourful platy would be sunburst, Mikky mouse, or different hues. colourful mollies could be silver, creamsicle(I truthfully have 3 and love them), crimson, dalmation, or different hues. despite you get must be an area fish, no longer semi aggressive or aggressive. It additionally must be a tropical fish basically like the cardinals, interior the comparable warmth and pH variety. whether, in case you basically offered 12 fish at as quickly as, you may desire to attend a minimum of two months in the previous including from now on fish. in case you had cycled your tank first, it would have been in a position to hold 3-4, with yet another 3-4 extra each and each week. in case you basically dumped all 12 in at as quickly as, your tank will could start up the cycle technique throughout. there will be a spike in ammonia and nitrates, and you may lose some fish. attempt to do water ameliorations each 2-3 days to wrestle this. Take samples of your water to the puppy save a week, tell them how some time past you extra fish, and ask despite if that's waiting so which you are able to function greater. sturdy success to you!

Answer 6

just leave your ph, if its stable it will be fine. They will do fine with either real plants or fake, so that really depends on your lighting. A black background shows their color best. Make sure your tank is cycled, keep putting fihs food in to feed good bactiria until you get the tetras
for temp 78-82

Answer 7

use a low pH(if you didn't already know)